Shoal Bay (Shoal Bay East) weather in January

January in Shoal Bay: hot, dry, with clean air — one of the best months to visit.

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Shoal Bay Anguilla · Lesser Antilles · Beach90
  1. 90Jan
  2. 89Feb
  3. 91Mar
  4. 90Apr
  5. 88May
  6. 87Jun
  7. 84Jul
  8. 83Aug
  9. 79Sep
  10. 80Oct
  11. 81Nov
  12. 88Dec

#2 of 12 months in Shoal Bay · #160 of 1413 destinations to visit in January · comfort 90/100 (tier S)

Days
28°C
Nights
24°C
Wet days
10
Sun
10.3 h
Humidity
77%
Daylight
11 h
Shoal Bay, Anguilla
Photo: Juergen Striewski · Pexels

Traveller notes on Shoal Bay in January

Notes from nearby Philipsburg (26 km away)

Shoal Bay doesn't have its own notes for January yet — these are about Philipsburg, close enough to share the season.

January here is low to mid eighties with brief showers, and regulars name the one variable that decides your week: the Christmas winds, the reinforced trades that blow through December and January and make some days genuinely blustery. Our column reads 30 kph as a monthly average, which is why the local advice is a map rather than a forecast - the west-facing beaches shelter and the east-facing ones take it. Rain looks frequent at 10.5 days but totals 28.6mm, under three millimetres a time, which is their ten-to-fifteen-minute shower and then sun. Air is 29.1C over 23.7C and the sea 26.4C, a degree under the 81F they quote. The record: humidity 77 percent, 10.4 hours of sun and AQI 38.
TheChristmasWindsAreStillHere · January · 1 month ago · about Philipsburg · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

Other months in Shoal Bay

Anguilla-forum threads on March weather split on the wind: one visitor's early-March week ran extremely windy by day, choppy enough that Shoal Bay East got skipped entirely for calmer water elsewhere on the island, while a longtime regular calls the first week of March close to magic, just enough breeze to keep the mosquitoes and no-see-ums away without ruining the beach. Both camps agree on the temperature read - hot but rarely humid, one of the more comfortable stretches of the year to be outside all day. The general consensus lands on March as a strong pick overall despite the wind variability, with the caveat that a windy day can turn the open-water beaches choppier than photos of Anguilla's famously calm bays suggest. The record backs the wind read directly: 28.2C days feeling like 31C, 24.6C nights, 22mm across 8.4 days, a 26.1C sea, 76 percent humidity, 11.1 hours of sun and wind averaging nearly 30 km/h - genuinely breezy by the numbers, exactly as the forum describes.
AnguillaMarchRegular · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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Shoal Bay climate normals — January

Daytime high28°C / 82°F🥵 hot
Nighttime low24°C / 76°F
Feels like (high)29°C / 84°F
Sea temperature26°C / 79°F😎 warm sea
Rainfall29 mm / 1.1 in☀️ dry
Rainy days10 days
Humidity77%💦 very humid
Dew point21°C / 70°F
Sunshine10.3 h/day
Daylight11.2 h
Wind30 km/h / 19 mph
Air quality (US AQI)41🍃 good

Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.

Crowds in Shoal Bay in January

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

BusyWinter high season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Best months for Shoal Bay's weather

Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).

Fair weatherShoal Bay's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.

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What's on in Shoal Bay in January

Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.

  • Season

    Winter high season

    15 Dec – 15 Apr · usuallyWinter-sun seasonCrowdedBook early

    North American winter is when Anguilla's villas and the restaurants along Shoal Bay run at capacity and rates peak. The sea is at its calmest for snorkelling the reef off the beach. Source ↗

What's on around the world in January →

Nearby, and something's on

Within 300 km of Shoal Bay — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.

Where is Shoal Bay?

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Shoal Bay in January — FAQ

Is January a good time to visit Shoal Bay?
January in Shoal Bay: hot, dry, with clean air — one of the best months to visit. It ranks #2 of 12 months for Shoal Bay on SeasonMap's comfort score (90/100).
What is the weather like in Shoal Bay in January?
In January, Shoal Bay averages a daily high of 28°C and a low of 24.3°C, with about 29.2 mm of rain over roughly 10.4 rainy days.
What is the air quality in Shoal Bay in January?
Shoal Bay has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 41 in January.

Within 300 km: Charlotte Amalie's Humpbacks on the north drop around 15 Jan – 15 Apr, and Philipsburg's Cruise ship season around 1 Nov – 30 Apr.